HMS Belvoir (L32)
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HMS Belvoir, 29 May 1945 (IWM) | |
| History | |
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| Name | HMS Belvoir |
| Ordered | 4 July 1940 |
| Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Laid down | 14 October 1940 |
| Launched | 18 November 1941 |
| Completed | 29 March 1942 |
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| Fate | Scrapped 1957 |
| Badge | On a Field White, a Peacock's head erased Proper enfiled with a ducal coronet |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type III Hunt-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a |
| Beam | 10.16 m (33 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 3.51 m (11 ft 6 in) |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 2,350 nmi (4,350 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h) |
| Complement | 168 |
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HMS Belvoir was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was a member of the third subgroup of the class, and saw service in the Second World War. She was adopted by the civil community of Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire during Warship Week in 1942.[1]